Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Chip's Challenge

Title	Chip's Challenge
First release	1989
Developer	Epyx
Publisher	Atari
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, PC (Windows), ZX Spectrum
Genre	puzzle video game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Atari Lynx: 1989-03-04 (NTSC-U), 1989-04-03 Amiga: 1990-01-01 DOS: 1990-01-01 ZX Spectrum: 1990-02-04
Wikidata ID	Q2746450

Navigate 144 puzzles as Chip McCallahan to join the Bit Busters Club. Players must manipulate the environment by using blocks of soil to bypass water traps and cherry bombs, while collecting keys and computer chips to progress. Success requires outmaneuvering monsters and traps within a bird's-eye view maze before time runs out.

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Wikidata (Q2746450) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

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REG-Vault (atarist/chip-s-challenge) · last updated 2026-10-02 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (c64/chip-s-challenge) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/chip-s-challenge) · last updated 2026-09-27 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/chip-s-challenge) · last updated 2026-10-03 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

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Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (24): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Atari · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (2): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Atari · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots, Logos (7): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Atari · internal use only.

Image: Brian Raiter, GPL, via Wikimedia Commons (“Tile world level1.png”)

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Videos

Atari Lynx Longplay [058] Chip's Challenge

World-of-Longplays · Atari Lynx version · longplay · 5:41:22auto-matched
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